QinetiQ
qinetiq.com
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Testing, Inspection & Certification
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Overview
QinetiQ is a British defence technology company created in 2001 from part of the government's research agency. It develops robotics, sensors, cyber capabilities and test and evaluation services for defence and security customers, and runs major test ranges and research facilities across the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
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QinetiQ forms team for British Army ZODIAC bid
QinetiQ has assembled Accenture, Northrop Grumman UK and ten specialist SMEs to compete for the Commissioning and Scaling contract within the British Army
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Gelion sulfur cathode technology passes high-power drone testing with QinetiQ
Gelion (LSE:GELN) has successfully completed an Advanced Propulsion Centre UK-funded programme evaluating its Nano-Encapsulated Sulfur cathode technology in lithium-sulfur pouch cells designed for demanding drone applications. The battery materials compan
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QinetiQ Stock Offers Compelling Investment Opportunity Despite Lack Of Strong Growth (Rating Downgrade)
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QinetiQ lands ESA contract with new Belgian plant, aims to grow space business
British aerospace company QinetiQ will use a newly expanded factory to build heat transfer experiment infrastructure for the European Space Agency under a 9 million euro ($10 million) contract, the company announced Nov. 21.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at QinetiQ over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
66
Postings analysed
38
Stack modernity
68/100
Languages
Python18%
C++18%
MATLAB11%
Java5%
Frameworks & libraries
Cypress3%
Flink3%
Playwright3%
React.js3%
Databases
ElasticSearch11%
Neo4j11%
Amazon Redshift3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS21%
Windows18%
Kubernetes16%
Azure13%
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Full QinetiQ tech stack
66 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$77k
Typical range
$44k – $230k
Open positions
75
48
Jobs
Junior
22.9%
Senior
50%
Staff
10.4%
Principal
12.5%
Architect
4.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 11 | $61k | $53k – $66k |
| Senior | 24 | $84k | $57k – $132k |
| Staff | 5 | $112k | $69k – $230k |
| Principal | 6 | $109k | $92k – $132k |
| Architect | 2 | $109k | $103k – $114k |
Highest paying role
Business Development Manager - Maritime
$230k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at QinetiQ
By role, level and city, against the market · 75 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
117
18 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 56% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~11 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Management
20% ▲
Industrial Engineering
20% ▲
DevOps
10% ▲
Field & Service
8% ▲
Security
8% ▲
Backend
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Management (+25 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Scrum to stack
Oct 2026
Added Configuration Management to stack
Oct 2026
Added Azure DevOps to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
17
Hiring now
17
Countries
4
Busiest office
Farnborough
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Farnborough
United Kingdom
HQ
27 open roles 31 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 1-10 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Backend
Malvern
United States
Regional office
16 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 69% engineering 1-10 est. staff $95k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Management, Hardware
Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Regional office
13 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 54% engineering 1-10 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Management, Industrial Engineering
Bristol
United Kingdom
Regional office
12 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff $97k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Security, Management
Manchester
United States
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 89% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend, Data Science, DevOps
Lincoln
United States
Support & operations
8 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 1-10 est. staff $87k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Hardware
Gosport
United Kingdom
Plant / site
8 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 1-10 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Amesbury
United Kingdom
Regional office
7 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $84k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Product, Finance
Canberra
Australia
Support & operations
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations, Industrial Engineering
Ashford
United Kingdom
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for QA, Product, Management
Nowra
Australia
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
London
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for DevOps
Kyle of Lochalsh
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $74k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
Brisbane
Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Darwin
Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Medicine Hat
Canada
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Sevenoaks
United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $69k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Melbourne, Australia
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$86k – $95k per year • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Farnborough
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$86k – $95k per year • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Malvern
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$69k – $77k per year • In office • Portsmouth
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$79k – $88k per year • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Malvern
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$102k – $133k per year • In office • Bristol
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